A small article on linoleum rugs

[Gothichome]

Wasting time on the internet of things, found this. I believe the author is the same woman that does the bungalow books.
https://www.oldhouseonline.com/.amp/int ... oleum-rugs

[Willa]

https://www.amazon.com/Linoleum-Jane-Powell-2003-11-12/dp/B01K3KSL6G/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=jane+powell+linoleum&qid=1562381492&s=books&sr=1-1

The late Jane Powell was such an excellent resource. She actually wrote a book on the subject. I bought a very cheap remainder copy on ABEBooks some years ago and paid about $ 4.00. It is a glossy hardcover book, probably the only coffee table type book on the subject !

If you are interested in the history of linoleum (genuine linoleum was invented during the victorian period - also related to Linacrusta) and other sheet flooring products like linoleum rugs, then this is the book for you. It's an excellent book for period interior reference, on a neglected subject.

[1918ColonialRevival]

Thanks for sharing.

A little different from the rugs, but I've always liked the patterned linoleum kitchen floors that were at their peak from the '20s up through about the start of WWII.

[GinaC]

I've been putting off Ms. Powell's books, but I suppose I can wait a little longer for when I start to do interior work?

[awomanwithahammer]

I think I mentioned a couple of years back that I had trespassed inside an abandoned American four-square and found a real linoleum rug nearly intact on the second floor. I'm still sorry I didn't liberate it.

[Gothichome]

Bonnie, I do remember that. I would think though that it would be too brittle to role up in the middle of the night.

[KenN]

We had one linoleum rug left in the house when we purchased it. I don’t know how old it was but it was in bad shape, and we eventually got rid of it. It was very brittle.

All of the floors in the upstairs bedrooms seemed to be only finished around the perimeter of the room, leaving the center plain, as if it was expected that there would be some kind of rug or covering in the center of the room. Some of the floors have shellac, some have paint, but the center of the room is lacking finish.

[MJ1987]

...I would think though that it would be too brittle to role up in the middle of the night.

GREAT visual.

[Corsetière]

I had a couple linoleum rugs in this house when I moved in. They were pretty foul looking at that point but I did take photos that I have around here somewhere....